Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes Paperback Book 9780241521090

A bawdy brazen rollercoaster of a novel the wildest The New York TimesA preacher called Deke OMalleys been selling false hope the promise of a glorious new life in Africa for just 1000 a family But when thieves with machine guns steal the proceeds and send one mans brain matter flying the con is up Now Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed mean to bring the good people of Harlem back their 87000 however many corpses they have to climb over to get itCotton Comes to Harlem is a nonstop ride with violence sex doublecrosses and the two baddest detectives ever to wear a badge in HarlemWith an Introduction by Will Self